{"product_id":"deaf-in-delhi-madan-vasishta-9781563682841","title":"Deaf in Delhi: A Memoir Volume 4","description":"In 1952, after two weeks of typhoid fever and the mumps, 11-year-old Madan Vasishta awoke one night to discover that he could no longer hear. He was horrified because in India, the word for \"deaf\" in all three main languages, Punjabi, Urdu, and Hindi, denoted someone who was not really human. But he was young, brash, and irrepressible, and his autobiography \u003ci\u003eDeaf in Delhi: A Memoir\u003c\/i\u003e reveals how his boundless optimism enabled him to persist and prevail. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eVasishta's story reflects the India of his youth, an emerging nation where most people struggled with numbing poverty and depended upon close family ties, tradition, and faith to see them through. His family's search for a cure took him to a host of medical specialists and just as many \u003ci\u003esadhus\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003emahatmas\u003c\/i\u003e, holy men and priests. The school in his small village was ill-prepared to educate deaf students then, so he herded the family cattle, usually the work of hired servants. Vasishta refused to accept this as his final lot in life and fantasized constantly about better jobs. Eventually, he moved to Delhi where his dream of becoming a photographer came true. He also discovered the Delhi Deaf community that, with his family, helped him to achieve an even higher goal, traveling to America to earn a degree at Gallaudet College. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eVasishta, a natural raconteur, imbues \u003ci\u003eDeaf in Delhi\u003c\/i\u003e with the ever-present ebullience that served him so well in his journey. Readers will savor his good humor and honest observations and look forward to his next book with great relish.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Madan Vasishta\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1563682842\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781563682841\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Gallaudet University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/15\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 234\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.85lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.38h x 6.38w x 0.65d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSchool Library Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2006 pg. 147\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eReference and Research Bk News\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2006 pg. 181","brand":"Madan Vasishta","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44078424129791,"sku":"9781563682841","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_7f6e89f1-61c5-40ed-bfd5-82aea4691986.jpg?v=1685475432","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/deaf-in-delhi-madan-vasishta-9781563682841","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}